# ríða
## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse ríða (“to ride”), from Proto-Germanic *rīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European *reydʰ-, cognate with English ride.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɹʊiːja/
    Rhymes: -ʊiːja
    Homophone: rýða

### Verb

ríða (third person singular past indicative reið, third person plural past indicative riðu, supine riðið)
* to ride

#### Conjugation
## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈriːða/
    Rhymes: -iːða

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse ríða (“to ride”), from Proto-Germanic *rīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European *reydʰ-, cognate with English ride.

#### Verb

ríða (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative reið, third-person plural past indicative riðu, supine riðið)
* (especially on horseback) to ride [with dative]
    Synonym: ríða hesti
** Á Sprengisandi (“On Sprengisandur”) by Grímur Thomsen
    Ríðum, ríðum og rekum yfir sandinn,
    rennur sól á bak við Arnarfell,
    hér á reiki er margur óhreinn andinn,
    úr því fer að skyggja á jökulsvell;
    Drottinn leiði drösulinn minn,
    drjúgur verður síðasti áfanginn.
       Ride, ride, ride hard across the sands,
       the sun is settling behind Arnarfell.
       Here many spirits of the dark
       threaten in the gloom over the glacier's ice.
       The Lord leads my horse,
       it is still a long, long way home.
    Að fara ríðandi.To go on horseback.
* (vulgar) to fuck someone, to have sex with [intransitive or with dative]
    Synonym: hafa kynmök
    Langar þig að ríða?Do you wanna fuck?
    Ríddu mér.Fuck me.
    Hvað er langt síðan þú hefur riðið?How long is it since your last fuck?
* in idioms [with dative]
    Fréttirnar riðu honum að fullu.The news finished him off.
    Þetta ríður á miklu.This is very important.
* in idioms [with accusative]
    Ég ríða af sér reið hann af mér.I rode faster than he did.

##### Usage notes

* Because the word denotes both the meaning of riding an animal and fucking, it is often the subject of double entendre bestiality jokes.

##### Derived terms

* aldan reið yfir (“the wave broke”)
* reið
* ríða af (“especially of shots and bullets; to be fired”)
* ríða af sér (“to ride away from sby, to ride faster than another”)
* ríða á miklu (“to be very important”)
* ríða á vaðið (“to take the first step”)
* ríða að fullu (“to exhaust, to finish someone off”)
* ríða burtreið (“to tilt, to joust”)
* ríða í einum fleng (synonym ríða kósa af)
* ríða í fleng
* ríða yfir
    Skotið reið af.The shot was fired.

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse vríða, from Proto-Germanic *wrīþaną.

#### Verb

ríða (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative reið, third-person plural past indicative riðu, supine riðið)
* to knot [with accusative]
    Synonym: hnýta
    Að ríða hnút.To tie a knot.
* to braid, to weave [with accusative]
    Synonym: flétta
    Að ríða körfu.To weave a basket.
    Að ríða net.To weave a net.

##### Derived terms

* riðinn m, riðin f, riðið n
* vera við e-h riðinn (“be involved in sth, be mixed up in sth”)

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Norse *ᚱᛁᛞᚨᚾ (*ridan), from Proto-Germanic *rīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European *reydʰ-. Cognate with Old English rīdan (English ride), Old Saxon rīdan (Low German rieden), Old Dutch rīdan (Dutch rijden), Old High German rītan (German reiten).

### Verb

ríða
* to ride

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: ríða
* Faroese: ríða
* Norn: riða
* Norwegian: ride, rida, ri
* Old Swedish: rīþa
** Swedish: rida
* Old Danish: rithæ
** Danish: ride
* Gutnish: reide, reid', reida